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ARME ENERGIE CINETIQUE [4 records]

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Record 1 2021-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

Kinetic-energy weapons damage the body of a satellite through the force of impact.

OBS

kinetic energy weapon; KEW: designations extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

OBS

kinetic energy weapon; KEW: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Arme capable d'endommager un objectif par la force d'impact.

OBS

arme à visée cinétique; arme à énergie cinétique : désignations tirées du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

OBS

arme à énergie cinétique; KEW : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
DEF

Ground-based interceptor that could be launched atop existing ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles] designed to destroy or temporarily disable hostile satellites, using hit-to-kill technology.

Key term(s)
  • kinetic energy antisatellite weapon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
DEF

Intercepteur basé au sol pouvant être lancé par des ICBM [missiles balistiques intercontinentaux] existants afin de détruire ou mettre temporairement hors d'usage des satellites hostiles en utilisant la technologie de la destruction par impact direct.

Key term(s)
  • arme antisatellite à énergie cinétique

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Non-Canadian)
  • Space Weapons
OBS

The Kinetic Energy Anti-Satellite (KE-ASAT) program is intended to provide the United States with the capability to neutralize hostile satellites. The objective of the KE-ASAT program is to define, develop, integrate and test the necessary Kill Vehicle (KV), weapon control subsystem component and subsystems technologies to demonstrate hit-to-kill performance, including debris mitigation against hostile satellites.

Key term(s)
  • Kinetic Energy Antisatellite program

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux non canadiens
  • Armes orbitales
Key term(s)
  • Arme anti-satellite à énergie cinétique
  • Arme antisatellite à énergie cinétique

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
CONT

Still under development, the enhanced area air defense (EAAD) system could emerge as a directed-energy weapon (laser or high-power microwave), a hypervelocity kinetic-energy weapon, or both.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Armes de haute technicité

Spanish

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